Details Regarding Books The I-5 Killer
| Title | : | The I-5 Killer |
| Author | : | Ann Rule |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Revised |
| Pages | : | Pages: 296 pages |
| Published | : | March 1st 1984 by Berkley Books (first published 1984) |
| Categories | : | Crime. True Crime. Nonfiction. Mystery. Audiobook |
Ann Rule
Paperback | Pages: 296 pages Rating: 4 | 6347 Users | 217 Reviews
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As a young man, Randall Woodfield had it all--a star athlete, good looks, and an award-winning student. Working in the swinging West Coast bar scene, he had more than his share of women. But he wanted more than just sex. An appetite for unspeakable violent acts led him to cruise the I-5 highway through California to Washington, leaving a trail of victims along the way. As the list of the dead grew, the police mobilized to stop a twisted killer who had 44 known deaths to his name. Praise for Ann Rule: "Vivid...Extraordinary...A page-turner!"-- "New York Times Book Review," for "Small Sacrifices" "Rule has an instinct for suspense, knowing just what information to leak to the reader and when."-- "Washington Post Book World," for "Small Sacrifices" "A shattering story...carefully investigated, written with compassion but also with professional objectivity."-- "Seattle Times," for "The Stranger Beside Me"
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| Original Title: | The I-5 Killer |
| ISBN: | 0451165594 (ISBN13: 9780451165596) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Rating Regarding Books The I-5 Killer
Ratings: 4 From 6347 Users | 217 ReviewsWrite-Up Regarding Books The I-5 Killer
This is an example of Ann at her very best. She is fabulous, nobody lays out the entire story better, but sometimes she loses me with a little too much boring description. Shell go off onto a tangent and the next thing you know youre 5 steps removed form the main characters and your alongside her as shes describing an elm tree in the guy across the streets yard and how its leaves fall on the windshields of every residents car every autumn. And its all for nothing. Lol. This is her at her best.This one was a slog for being such a short book. Not sure why since I was interested in the case and love true crime, but I had a hard time getting through it. Oh well. Onto the next.
Another page-turner from Ann Rule. I've read "Stranger Beside Me" about Ted Bundy, and she delivered another excellent writing here. The first half of the story covers the murders, rapes, and other crimes committed by Woodfield, and in the latter half she covers prosecution, trials and sentencing of Woodfield following his capture, including the atrocities he continued to commit from prison.Woodfield is a prime example of when the death penalty is necessary. I am perplexed and angered by the
I finally got around to reading this one. WOW, what a psycho Randy Woodfield is. I've read a lot of true crime in my life, but I can say this book skeeved me out bigtime. This sick, twisted waste of space orally sodomized women as young as 10 year old girls. Yes. My stomach turned when I read the descriptions of his crimes.He's an interesting case study to read - very handsome, very insecure, yet acts macho and needy concurrently. It would be obvious to an adult woman that something was "off"
This was an OK one. Rule spent too much time on her usual theme of how brilliant and handsome the killer was and how he threw it all away for a life of crime. We KNOW, Ann, we know!
I don't think that Ann is a very good writer but when she sticks to just giving you the facts of the case then the story gets interesting. I'm always horrified about how long it takes to find and stop these repeat killers/offenders. Seems they get away with anything for years before they are finally found. The I-5 Killer wasn't even all that bright, but by just being so unpredictable he was able to stay way ahead of the detectives. Hopefully there are more modern ways to catch these guys now.
Ann Rule does another great job of describing the hunt for a killer. This book is a powerful book as it describes the killer, the investigators, the horrific crimes, the victims, the aftermath, the capture, the trials, and even the prison life of the monster. One of the most interesting things about this book was that Dick Van Dyke's son, Chris, was the District Attorney involved in prosecuting this case. I often wonder about the children of celebrities and what they do with their lives and it
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